Saturday began like any other day. We were all excited about our annual
Halloween party to celebrate with our staff and clients of A Sunny Place
Learning Center. Every year, we strap on
our skates and take over Skate World for an afternoon of costumes and shenanigans.
Half way into the party, our ten-year-old daughter fell and
we were sure she broke her wrist.
Sure enough, a late night at the emergency room revealed not
only that she broke it, but she really broke it. They attempted to put her under to reset it,
but the medication never took her all the way under, so the setting didn’t go
as well as we would hope.
Through days of pain and misery, our girl always had a
positive attitude, a smile, and a joke, even though we knew she was in a ton of
pain.
Yesterday, we met with the surgeon to take a look at what
was going on and form a plan.
She was in surgery this morning, and even though she was
terrified and did not want to have to go under and have a pin put in her arm,
but she again put on a brave face and in good form wowed the staff at the
surgical center.
Watching her go through this has given me one very good
reminder.
Wonder Woman Wednesday starts at home. It begins with you.
As a mother of four amazing daughters, it’s very important
to me that I instill in them a warrior attitude that isn’t to be confused with
a, “suck it up buttercup” one. I want
them to have that delicate balance between putting on a brave face when they
need to and still expressing their needs.
I want them to fight for what’s right, and stand up for people who are
being hurt. I want to fill them with
passion and compassion. When they wake
up, I want them to look in the mirror and see the beauty of their creation
instead of their flaws and misconceptions.
I want to raise Wonder Women.
When they look back on their lives, I want them to see a
long line of achievements and mistakes that they've learned from.
This week has been a good test of where my ten-year-old is,
and my heart is beaming with pride. She’s
put words to her struggles and numbers to her pain, asked for help when she
needed it and asked to do it on her own when she felt strong enough. She swallowed her fear because she knew it
was necessary, and she eased the stresses of everyone around her with her smile
and her positivity.
Today, my choice for Wonder Woman Wednesday is my
daughter. I learn as much from her as
she learns from me.
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